Comments - 'One Great Irish Spot': Syracuse's Tipp Hill - Where Green Goes on Top - The Wild Geese2024-03-28T22:59:26Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6442157%3ABlogPost%3A82747&xn_auth=noI wonder if Maria Fleming Dav…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-03-26:6442157:Comment:853832014-03-26T21:35:08.351ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
<p>I wonder if Maria Fleming Davis, Mother of the famous Ernie Davis (The fieldturf at the dome is dedicated to him) might have Irish roots. The Fleming name came to Ireland from Flanders about 1171.</p>
<p>I wonder if Maria Fleming Davis, Mother of the famous Ernie Davis (The fieldturf at the dome is dedicated to him) might have Irish roots. The Fleming name came to Ireland from Flanders about 1171.</p> The Old Oval athletic field…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-03-26:6442157:Comment:855102014-03-26T21:06:26.608ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
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<p><span>The Old Oval athletic field, Syracuse University, ca. 1898-1907. (Syracuse University Archives) Is this the former site of the Carrier Dome?</span></p>
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<p><span>The Old Oval athletic field, Syracuse University, ca. 1898-1907. (Syracuse University Archives) Is this the former site of the Carrier Dome?</span></p> Pioneer Irish of Onondaga: (a…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-03-25:6442157:Comment:853102014-03-25T18:16:26.830ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
<h1 class="gb-volume-title" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">Pioneer Irish of Onondaga: (about 1776-1847) <span style="font-size: 2em;"> </span><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=jioVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank" style="font-size: 2em;">Read about them here</a></h1>
<h1 class="gb-volume-title" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">Pioneer Irish of Onondaga: (about 1776-1847) <span style="font-size: 2em;"> </span><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=jioVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank" style="font-size: 2em;">Read about them here</a></h1> Interesting story Jim!
tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-03-24:6442157:Comment:848822014-03-24T19:37:48.945ZFran Reddyhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/FranReddy
<p>Interesting story Jim!</p>
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<p>Interesting story Jim!</p>
<p></p> Spot on Jim.tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-03-24:6442157:Comment:848522014-03-24T14:12:06.313ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
<p>Spot on Jim.</p>
<p>Spot on Jim.</p> The Niagara-Mohawk building o…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-03-24:6442157:Comment:847632014-03-24T13:48:08.933ZJim Curleyhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JimCurley
<p>The Niagara-Mohawk building on W. Erie Blvd., downtown Syracuse. Beautiful Art Deco.</p>
<p>The Niagara-Mohawk building on W. Erie Blvd., downtown Syracuse. Beautiful Art Deco.</p> Spirit of Light or Spirit o…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-03-24:6442157:Comment:848222014-03-24T03:35:52.874ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
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<p style="text-align: center;"><i>Spirit of Light</i><span> or </span><i>Spirit of Power</i><span> by Clayton Frye (1932).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Where in Syracuse?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Image …</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><i>Spirit of Light</i><span> or </span><i>Spirit of Power</i><span> by Clayton Frye (1932).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Where in Syracuse?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Image <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Leonard_G" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Leonard_G</a>.</p> The Irish laborers helped to…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-03-19:6442157:Comment:839472014-03-19T12:50:47.438ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
<p><span>The Irish laborers helped to build the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal" title="Erie Canal">Erie Canal</a><span> and gravitated to the hill on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Westside,_Syracuse" title="Far Westside, Syracuse">Far Westside</a><span> of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse</a><span> beginning in the mid 19th century. They settled in the south of the …</span></p>
<p><span>The Irish laborers helped to build the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal" title="Erie Canal">Erie Canal</a><span> and gravitated to the hill on the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Westside,_Syracuse" title="Far Westside, Syracuse">Far Westside</a><span> of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse</a><span> beginning in the mid 19th century. They settled in the south of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geddes,_New_York" title="Geddes, New York">old village of Geddes</a><span>, before it was annexed into the city, and lived on top of the hill overlooking what was later called "</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_Row" title="Automobile Row" class="mw-redirect">Automobile Row</a><span>" where industries like </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_(automobile)" title="Franklin (automobile)">Franklin Automobile Company</a><span> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_China" title="Syracuse China">Onondaga Pottery</a><span> abounded. The men would walk down from the hill on their way to work each day at the factories east of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipperary_Hill" title="Tipperary Hill">Tipperary Hill</a><span> that lined Geddes, Fayette, Marcellus and Oswego streets on the city's </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Westside,_Syracuse" title="Near Westside, Syracuse">Near Westside</a><span>. To the north, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvay_Process_Company" title="Solvay Process Company">Solvay Process Company</a><span> provided many jobs to local residents in the manufacture of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_ash" title="Soda ash" class="mw-redirect">soda ash</a><span> on the shores of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onondaga_Lake" title="Onondaga Lake">Onondaga Lake</a><span>.</span><sup id="cite_ref-autorow_4-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_in_Syracuse,_New_York#cite_note-autorow-4">[4]</a></sup><span> Many Irish were also employed in the local salt mills on the North side of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geddes,_New_York" title="Geddes, New York">Geddes</a><span>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_in_Syracuse,_New_York" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_in_Syracuse,_New_York</a></span></p> That pix's a hoot. Manually o…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-03-19:6442157:Comment:838642014-03-19T11:01:25.559ZJim Curleyhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JimCurley
That pix's a hoot. Manually operated electric light signals, old flivers,trolley tracks
That pix's a hoot. Manually operated electric light signals, old flivers,trolley tracks
Where in Syracuse?tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-03-19:6442157:Comment:838592014-03-19T01:20:34.657ZNollaig 2016https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BelindaEvangelista
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<p>Where in Syracuse?</p>
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<p>Where in Syracuse?</p>